Chapter 136: 'Labor is the Most Glorious'

There is a concept called "ice age", which means that because of the earth's orbit, it will enter a subglacial period every 80-90 years, which is a very normal geographical phenomenon.

Because of the changes in the earth's climate, the Chinese civilization also had different stages for the seasons.

From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the end of the Han Dynasty, it was in the critical interval of the subglacial period of China.

However, compared with the land of China, which experienced many subglacial periods 2,000 years later, the winter at this time is actually not too cold.

Because China was still in a subtropical climate during the Shang Dynasty, the bones of roe deer and bamboo rats were unearthed in the Banpo site, which represents the Yangshao culture. In the Yin ruins of Anyang, Henan, subtropical and tropical animal bones such as roe deer, bamboo rat, tapir, buffalo, elephant were unearthed, Henan's ancient name was "Yuzhou", and the word "Yu" is a symbol of a person holding an elephant.

In ancient times, the sundial was measured by Tugui, and the longest annual shadow was set as "solstice", and the shortest shadow was "the shortest solstice".

In spring and autumn, when the length of day and night is equal, it is designated as the "spring equinox" and "autumn equinox".

By the time of the Shang Dynasty, the solar terms developed into four 'mid-spring, mid-summer, mid-autumn and mid-winter'.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the climate changed clearly, so it developed into eight solar terms.

It was not until the early Han Dynasty that Deng Ping formulated the "Taichu Calendar", which officially set the 24 solar terms in the calendar, and has been used to this day.

But there are still more than 100 years before the birth of the 24 solar terms, and the climate is different in these 100 years, so when the first light snow falls on the land of Liaodong, Wang Xu doesn't know whether it is heavy snow or the winter solstice.

However, he can only confirm that the temperature at this time should not be lower than minus five degrees, and in the next life, it is not particularly cold, usually only need to wear a thermal underwear inside, and a cotton jacket on the outside to go to the street.

Moreover, the wind in the northeast at this time is not as cold as that of later generations, and this kind of dry and cold wind blowing on the face does not feel bad.

If Wang Xu didn't appear, the land of Liaodong would have become a silent dead place before the snow fell, and the wild people in the forest were basically hiding in caves that had prepared food for the winter, and the people of Qiancheng were basically closed.

As for those who don't even have clothes, most of them are wrapped up in a pile of adult mountains, thinking that they can hibernate like bears, but in fact, after a night of snowstorms, most of them actually enter a long sleep.

This state of affairs will continue until the cold winter has passed, when the whole of Liaodong will be moved again, and in the process, at least a tenth of the population will be killed by cold and hunger.

This is also the main reason why the population in eastern Liaoning has not been able to reproduce on a large scale, in fact, there is not so much lack of food, the main lack is the way to keep out the cold.

But now it's different, in the sky and earth covered by heavy snow, there are countless black smoke that goes straight to the sky, like black dragons, fighting with the snow falling from the sky, the two collided in the air and had a fight, the snowflakes turned into water droplets, and the black smoke also drifted in the wind.

Among them, the four largest black dragons are from Chaoge, Haodu, Linhu and Qiancheng.

The four places are separated by hundreds of miles, and they can be seen clearly in the sky.

These four winding black dragons and countless tiny black dragons seem to form a huge barrier, stubbornly fighting against the wind, snow and cold, guarding this area.

It's a spectacle with coal and boiler chimneys.

If it weren't for the fact that the pipeline firing technology had not yet been perfected, Wang Xu would still be able to create a strong black dragon, using central heating to make the entire city use floor heating, so that the snowflakes falling on the floor tiles would directly turn into snow water and be transported outside the city after being integrated into the sewer, and the province would also let the heavy snow hinder the traffic of the city.

Let the whole city be covered with floor heating, this extravagant and wasteful behavior made Wang Xu feel the sweetness of feudal authority for the first time, this kind of idea of his own uncut things, regardless of the cost of the fact that it comes out, can indeed satisfy the deepest desires and desire for control in human nature.

No wonder everyone wants to be in power.

Wang Xu sat on the balcony of the palace of the royal palace of Mhaodu, on the coffee table were the snacks and dried meat that Mo Lian had recently developed from kelp, soybeans and other wild vegetables, and the feet of the little white tiger that had become a fat pig was warmed under his feet.

Watch the people in the city below sweep the snow off the road.

'Labor is the most glorious'.

On the opposite city wall, the five big characters inlaid with cinnabar bricks shimmered with strange brilliance under the refraction of the sun, and the shining Wang Xu was originally comfortable and lazy, and he was a little ashamed.

After returning from Qiancheng, Wang Xu found that there was nothing important at hand that he needed to deal with personally, because the entire Guzhu Country fell into a state of semi-hibernation because of the arrival of winter, although there were still workers working every day, but the working hours were also halved, and most of the clansmen had more rest.

Therefore, the atmosphere of the entire Lonely Bamboo Country has become much more lazy.

And this kind of laziness is the laziness that has confidence after being rich, and everyone's mentality is still positive, in this atmosphere, it is a good time for the clansmen to start contacting their feelings.

How to make a collective form a cohesive force, in addition to religious beliefs and legal sanctions, social interaction is also inevitable, so after the first heavy snowfall, Wang Xu organized this city cleaning work.

'The city is my home, and it is up to everyone to clean up'

So after the Eight Honors and Eight Shames, the city's Honor and Disgrace Creed also began to work in various cities.

launched this movement, but he was lazy here, which made Wang Xu feel a little ashamed, so he kicked away the little white tiger who had been a foot warmer for a long time, and prepared to go down to build a snowman.

"Whew!" The little white tiger in his sweet dream was kicked and let out a howl, baring his teeth to find the culprit.

Wang Xu raised his hand and patted the little white tiger's head, which was already bigger than a football, and reprimanded, "Still baring your teeth? ”

"Hmm~Whoa~" The little white tiger shrank his head cowardly, and followed behind Wang Xu with his tail down.

Wang Xu put on his robe, put on a ** hat made of white otter fur, and pushed open the iron door of the palace.

Since there is no shortage of various ores, Tushan Niangzi and Mo Kui's investment in iron-smelting technology has increased greatly, and the increase in investment has achieved remarkable results.

The emergence of these two technologies, coupled with the half-crippled Mojia mechanism gear technique in Mo Kui's hands, has increased the weight of the city gate again and again, but the number of people needed is getting less and less.

This slide iron gate is Tu Shan's latest work, not only has a very significant defensive power, but also has a sealing and cold insulation effect, which allows the palace to maintain a balanced temperature.

After the female guard of the Fire Phoenix Army who was in charge of opening the door shook the iron door with a mechanism, the cold cold wind outside blew in, even though Wang Xu was wearing thermal underwear inside and mink outside, he still shivered.

The little white tiger was even more blown 'whoosh', twisting his ass and preparing to shrink into the warm room, but Wang Xu grabbed the back of fate by the neck and forcibly dragged him out of the palace.

The little white tiger, who was already almost eighty pounds, struggled and screamed in Wang Xu's hands, the white and black satin-like patterns merged with the snowflakes that were still falling in the sky, and was finally thrown into the snowdrift by the roadside by Wang Xu.

The little white tiger struggled in the snowdrift for a while, seemed to adapt to the temperature outside, and seemed to feel that the soft snowdrift was quite fun, and rolled happily in the snowdrift.

Wang Xu looked at the little white tiger who was having fun in the snowdrift and smiled.

Even pets have the right to know everything about the natural world, and they should not be deprived of this right in the name of protection on the grounds of pampering.

"Emperor, why did you come out?" Mo Ren ran over with a broom.

Even in the middle of winter, this guy still didn't take off his moose leather coat, but I don't know how much mink he wore in it, after all, the whole person was round.

"They're all working, I'll come down and take a look." Wang Xu smiled.

"How do you work to keep the city tidy? It is the duty of every subject. Mo Ren said seriously: "The road surface is face. ”

"Then take care of your face and don't talk to me here." Wang Xu glanced at him and snatched his broom.

Mo Ren was startled, scratched his ears and cheeks nervously watched Wang Xu's skillful action to clear the snow, and suddenly thought of something, and ran out with bloated steps to publicize the glorious deeds of the emperor himself cleaning the city.

Maybe this kind of thing is really born with someone, Wang Xu listened to Mo Ren's shouting outside, and couldn't help but say helplessly.

In fact, the snow is not too big, it is more than a foot thick, but the snow at this time seems to be more pure than that of later generations, and it becomes a snowball when it is pinched casually.

"Nuwa Niangniang, did you just pinch us out?" Wang Li's lazy voice sounded from behind him.

"You can, you can walk without a sound when you walk in the snow." Wang Xu turned his head in some surprise and looked at Wang Li, who was also dressed in leather armor in winter.

"Just walk on your toes." Wang Li pointed to his leather boots: "Are you so idle today?" ”

"You're idle too?" Wang Xu shook the snow on his hands.

"Heavy snow closed the mountains overnight, even the river water is a little frozen, I am afraid that the workers will freeze to death outside, so they can only be idle at home, I am afraid that the heavy snow will block the track with the millidu, so I took people to clean all the way, the snow plow, it is really easy to use." Wang Li circled around the snowman, and by the way, grabbed the little white tiger who was hiding in the snowdrift and was about to sneak attack him, and scolded with a smile: "The little cub still wants to sneak attack Yeye? ”

The little white tiger's body was suspended in the air, and he struggled for a while with his teeth and claws, and found that he couldn't break free, just like a salted fish and pretended to be dead.